Improvement in cider-mills



S. T. MARSH & F. H. BRANDT. Cider-Mill.

N0.-215,950. Patented May 27,1879.

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SAMUEL T. MARSH AND F. HERRMAN BRANDT, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIDER-MILLS Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 215,950, dated May 27,

1879,- application filed April 1;, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL T. MARSH and F. HERRMAN BRANDT, of the cityof Detroi t, in the county of YVayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cider-Mills; and we dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a partof this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of an end elevation of ourcider-mill. Fig. 2 same, and Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional detailviews.

Identical parts in the drawings are designated and referred to by thesame letters.

I Our invention relates to cider-mills; and it consists in the grindingdevices, pressing-rollers, cider-receptacle, and frame, constructed andarranged as herein will more fully appear.

A is the frame of the mill. B is a metallic or wooden bottom,constructed with a flange or edge, I), so as to hold and prevent wasteof O is a metallic or wooden top, connecting the frame and providing asupport for the casing of the grinder. D is a hopper. E is the revolvinggrinding-disk, and E is a stationary grindingdisk, each provided withprojections common to such devices. F is a crushing or pressing roller,provided with four concave sides and a pinion, N, engaging the pinion N,which is located 011 the driving-shaft K; also, a pinion, j, whichengages pinion f, located on the reverse crushing or pressing roller F,

four con vex ribs, closely i which is provided with meshing into thefour concave sides of the crushing-roller F. f represents elasticscrapers for cleaning the rollers while in operation.

G is the cider-conductor, which conducts the cider into thecider-receptacle H. K is the driving spur-wheel. K is the pinion,located on the shaft K, which drives the grinder, and is supported bythe uprights k k. The crushing or pressing rollers F F are supported bythe transverse frame-piect s a a, located as shown on the drawings.

WVhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The frame A of a portable cider-mill, constructed as described, andprovided with the bottom B and top 0, u )rights 7c is, and transversepinions ff, in combination with the driving mechanism K' K thegrimling-disks E and E, the press-rollers F and F, and the scrapers fconstructed, arranged, and operating together as and for the purposessubstantially as set forth.

2. In a cider-mill, the combination of the press-roller F, constructedwith concave sides and provided with a pinion, f, with the pressrollerF, constructed with corresponding convex sides, and provided with pinionf constructed and operated substantially as setforth.

In testimony havehereunto subscribed our names in the presence of twowitnesses.

SAMUEL T. MARSH. F. HERRMAN BRANDT.

\Vitnessesi FRED. G ENTHER, PETER GUENTHER.

that we claim the above we-

